Arkham Exchange shutdown rumours
Arkham Exchange is a crypto trading platform launched by Arkham Intelligence. Arkham Intelligence was founded in 2020 as an onchain analytics platform with backing from prominent angel investors, including Tim Draper, Joe Lonsdale of Palantir Technologies, and OpenAI and Worldcoin founder Sam Altman. Its crypto trading exchange arm was later positioned as a natural extension
Uniswap Labs and Securitize collaboration
Uniswap Labs, the leader in decentralized finance, and Securitize, the leader in tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs), today announced a strategic integration to make BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) shares available to trade via UniswapX technology. This integration will enable onchain trading of BUIDL, both unlocking new liquidity options for BUIDL holders, and marking
Slowing US population could impact economic growth
Slowing population growth could soon weigh on the U.S. economy, trimming an estimated $104 billion from the country’s gross domestic product compared with what it would have been if population growth had held at its previous pace, according to a new analysis from economic forecasting company Implan. In 2025, the number of new U.S. residents
Russia to stick to New START treaty
Moscow will observe the limits of the last nuclear arms pact with the United States that expired last week as long as it sees that Washington is doing the same. The New START treaty expired Feb. 5, leaving no restrictions on the two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century
Spotify hits a record high
After launching as a music streaming pure-play, Spotify has expanded its remit to include podcasts, audiobooks, and even physical bookstores. It’s launched music videos within the app as well as video podcasts, and has doubled down on its retention strategy by adding social features like group chats and letting users share what they’re listening to.
Runway doubles its valuation
Best known for its physics-aware AI video generation models, Runway released its first world model in December and now views the technology as central to tackling major challenges across fields like medicine, climate, energy, and robotics. While the company has historically built a strong customer base in media, entertainment, and advertising – including a recent
Israel Annex of West Bank
A top Israeli official said Tuesday that measures adopted by the government that deepen Israeli control in the occupied West Bank amounted to implementing “de facto sovereignty,” using language that mirrors critics’ warnings about the intent behind the moves.Palestinians, Arab countries and human rights groups have called the moves announced Sunday an annexation of the
Trump Threatens to Block Opening of Bridge Between U.S. and Canada
President Donald Trump has threatened to block the opening of a $4.7 billion bridge connecting Detroit, Michigan, to Windsor, Ontario, in the latest display of frayed relations between the U.S. and Canada.The President claimed that Canada will own both sides of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, for which construction began in 2018 and is nearing
India tightens grip on social media
India’s government said on Tuesday social media companies would have to take down unlawful content within three hours of being notified about it, tightening an earlier 36-hour timeline in what could be a compliance challenge for Meta, YouTube and X.The tighter timeline marks the latest escalation in India’s efforts to control online speech, with a
The AI race hot up in 2025
As the AI race hot up in 2025, the corporate leadership in Google, Microsoft, Meta and other tech companies changed the way companies work. Driven by the high stakes of the AI race, the world’s most powerful tech leaders shifted into what Silicon Valley calls “Founder Mode”. From personally walking factory lines to writing code,